Horton Loaned To Dayton

Aaron Horton will spend the next month getting some game action. The 19-year-old reserve forward
will spend the next month suiting up for the Dayton Dutch Lions.

“With the large gap in the reserve league schedule and Aaron’s not figuring into the first 18,
rather than just train every day for the next 35 days or whatever it is waiting for the next
reserve match to get 55 minutes there, let’s send him 60 miles down the road,” Crew technical
director Brian Bliss said. “He gets to train, plus he gets an opportunity to get in six or seven
games.”

The club’s first homegrown player signing, Horton has seen action in three of the Crew’s four
reserve league matches this season and has totaled 111 minutes. Horton saw one minute of first-team
action as a rookie last season. He will remain with the Dutch Lions until June 3 and is expected to
be available for the Crew's next reserve match slated for June 10.

Bliss emphasized that the loan will not affect Horton’s standing with the Crew.

“It’s an opportunity for him to work on his game,” Bliss said. “It’s certainly not looked at as
discarding a player or a punishment – it’s an opportunity, really. The only thing we’re gaining is
getting him playing minutes that he’s not getting here, which we think is a positive. They get a
free loan and it’s good for the Dutch Lions as well.”

The Dutch Lions next play Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at home against Richmond.